Youth Music Opportunities
WAYNESBORO SYMPHONY
Youth Music Opportunities
WAYNESBORO SYMPHONY
Young Artists Concerto Competition
The Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra Congratulates the
2024-2025 Young Artists Concerto Competition Winners!
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- 1st Prize: Alexander Chang, piano (student of Nicole Yang)
- 2nd Prize: Gudrun Campbell, cello (student of Elizabeth Cantrell)
- 3rd Prize: Derek Mickelson, marimba (student of Elijah Steele)
- Honorable Mention: Michelle Wong, flute (student of Elizabeth Brightbill)
Youth Concerto Competition Winners
2024-25 winners (L to R): Gudrun Campbell, Derek Mickelson, and Alexander Chang.
ONGOING YOUTH MUSIC OUTREACH
In addition to our Young Artists Concerto Competition, the WSO conducts ongoing musical outreach with local Boys and Girls Clubs, providing each child their own violin and weekly lessons — all at no cost to the student. We also send small groups of WSO musicians to local schools to perform and conduct demonstrations of various orchestra instruments to encourage musical exploration in the students’ lives.
The 2021-22 Concert Season ushered in the WSO’s inaugural Young Artists Concerto Competition, which is open to students aged 13-18 who reside in several Central Virginia counties. Structured similar to other music competitions — and not unlike the work required for a music conservatory audition — our Waynesboro Symphony Concerto Competition is a 2-round competition. The initial round consists of submitting an unedited video recording of the competitor’s entry, selected from a list of approved repertoire. Entries have to be a minimum of 8 minutes long but not exceed 25 minutes.
In October, 2021, these entries were reviewed by a committee of professional musician judges, and they selected finalists who were invited to Waynesboro to participate in the final, live round in November, before a new panel of judges. The winners were invited to perform their selections with the WSO at its February 2022 concerts. A cash prize was also awarded to each winner.
Congratulations to our 2022 Concerto Competition Winners:
- Cindy Liu, Oboe (Harrisonburg High School), performed Haydn: Oboe Concerto in C Major (Mvt. I. Allegro Spirituoso)
- Bob Kammauff, Tuba (Charlottesville High School), performed Gregson: Tuba Concerto (Mvt. I. Allegro Deciso)
- Zifan “Francis” Deng, Viola (The Miller School) performed Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D Major, (Mvt. I. Allegro)
The WSO will hold this Concerto Competition every few years, with the next one scheduled for our 2024-25 season.
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